Messi and Ronaldo can be compared on several different criteria, the number of goals scored in their career, the number of individual awards won, the number of club trophies won and the number of trophies won with their national team.
Depending on the criterion we choose, we will get a different answer about who is the better player, Ronaldo or Messi.
However, since we are discussing the FIFA World Cup here, Messi has definitely done much more in this regard than Ronaldo.
Messi has led his national team to 2 South American championship titles, Copa América, 2021, 2024 and also led Argentina to the 2022 World Cup title in Qatar, and led them to the final 2 more times, in 2014 and 2026.
On that side, Ronaldo can't be compared to Messi.
Ronaldo has only been European champion once with Portugal, in 2016, and has won a less important competition twice, the UEFA Nations League: 2019 and 2025.
Messi has definitely achieved much greater results with the national team than Ronaldo.
Exactly in every awards groom Messi was on the top of the head weather it's individual awards or it's a club awards or even International too. I know many people has a carry a lot of hate in heart for him but I think they have dull head like they didn't understand that it's football and here love and unity make sounds good. Both have prestigious profile with different nature even their style play are quite different for each other......
However, now it's a dying minutes for both like they are on edge of his career and probably with in few years they will be gone from us and to be honest will discuss then as historical figure. So share a thrilled movement rather quarrel.
Yes, in the end, it seems that Rinaldo will be more successful than Messi only in the number of goals scored, and it seems to me that he is actually "artificially" prolonging his career precisely because he wants to become immortal and be the first to cross the "magical threshold" of 1,000 goals scored in official matches.
Unlike Ronaldo, who is more selfish and focused on his personal achievements and records, Messi is more of a team player and is ready to submit to the team and the team's common success, which was especially evident in his appearances for the Argentine national team in major competitions.
On the other hand, Ronaldo, with his selfishness on the field, has often been a hindrance to the success of his national team.
In any case, both have already become football legends, but I predict that Mbappe will soon surpass them, both in the number of goals scored and in the number of club and national team trophies won.
Mbappe is still relatively young and I think he could play in at least 2 more World Cups and will have the opportunity to win many more personal and team trophies.
